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Miangshang Population - West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Miangshang is a medium size village located in Nongstoin Block of West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya with total 41 families residing. The Miangshang village has population of 284 of which 139 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Miangshang village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 23.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Miangshang village is 1043 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Miangshang as per census is 886, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Miangshang village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Miangshang village was 94.95 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Miangshang Male literacy stands at 97.12 % while female literacy rate was 92.98 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Miangshang village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Miangshang village.

Miangshang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 41 - -
Population 284 139 145
Child (0-6) 66 35 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 283 138 145
Literacy 94.95 % 97.12 % 92.98 %
Total Workers 104 51 53
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 20 9 11

Caste Factor

In Miangshang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.65 % of total population in Miangshang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Miangshang village of West Khasi Hills.

Work Profile

In Miangshang village out of total population, 104 were engaged in work activities. 80.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 104 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.